Golf tee container and retriever



Sept. 2 1931. R. 5. SMITH GOLF TEE CONTAINER AND RETRIEVER Filed Aug. 17, 1929 12 SUSmith BY hwl .LSMJ;

ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 22, 1931 NITED STAT-ES RAY s. SMITH, or MoDns'ro, CALIFORNIA 1 GOLF TEE CONTAINER AND nnrnrnvnn 3 Application filed August 17, 1929. Serial No. 386,613. I

This invention relates to golfing accessories, my principal object being to provide adevice adapted to be carried in a pocket of the player designed to serve two endsto form both an anchor for the tee being used during the playing of the game and as a container for such tee between periods of use;

and also to carry a reserve supply of tees for use if necessary at any time.

One common annoyance incident tothe playing of the gamethe loss of the tee due to its being carried away from the tee-ofi ground some distance with the hitting of the ballis eliminated; and should such tee be broken or damaged at any time, as is frequcntly the case, another one is directly at hand to be used thereafter.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View improved device as in operation.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the container opened.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of. a modified form of container.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, and particularly at present to Figs. 1 to 3, the device comprises a relatively small oblong box or receptacle 1 of suitable dimensions having a hinged lid. The box is preferably divided into two longitudinally separated compartments 3 and 4 by a transverse partition 5 having a hinged lid 6 thereon independent of the lid 2, to cover the compartment 3. The compartment is intended to hold a number of reserve tees, which in the present instance are shown as being of the rubber cup type 7 adapted to nest into each other. This compartment may also contain the service tee'7a Mounted in the box under showing my I box.

actually being employed during the game in teeingup the ball between periods of use. The compartment 3 may be'used to hold toilet accessories or other articles, or it may 3 service tee when use,"as ma be desired by also be used to receive the the same is not in the player. a

the compartment 3 18 a horizontally disposed spring rotated reel 8 of standard form about which a flexii ble cord 9 is wound. One end of this cord ls attached to the wheel while the other end projects through a hole 10 in the adjacent end'of the box and is secured to the service tee 7a. The reel is of that a which an unwinding pull on the cord causes the reel .to rotate and the spring thereof to be compressed; the spring then remaining compressed until it is released, to turn the cord thereon by the depression of a button 11 projecting slightly from the bottom of the box. When the tee is not in use it is placed in its compartment in the box and the majority of the cord is wound portion of the cord which extends from the opening-10 to the top of the box being enclosed in a vertical groove 12 formed in the end ofthe box on the outside thereof and ex tending When it is desired to use the tee it is only necessary to open the box, remove the tee, and draw the cord out the desired distance so that the box may rest on the ground out of the way of the club ball 13 supported by the tee. Thebox in that case then serves as an anchor for the service tee, preventing the same from being displaced to any extent from its position on the ground.

It is to be understood that while I have shown a standard form of tee any other form suitable for the purpose may of course be used instead. V

In the type ofdevice shown in Fig. 4 the box 1a only has one compartment to receive both the service and reserve tees and the spring reel 8a is mounted in a vertical position inthe box at one end of the same as;

common type inon the reel; that addressing the reel in the opposite direction and wind the l from said opening to the top of tha 7 reel in the Container, a cord in vertical alignment with the opening to re-' shown, with its control button 11a projecting from said end. i

From the foregoing description it will be readily vice as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention asset forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not fOIDl a departure from the spirit of the'in vention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and usefulfand desireto secure by Letters Patent is i A golf tee holder comprising an opentopped container, a lid for the same, a spring wound on the reel and projecting thence through an opening in the side of the container,,atee on the outer end of the cord, the outer surface of the container having a depression-at the top ceive the portion of the cord adjacent the tee when the latter is placed in the container and preventpinching of thecordby the lid when the latter is in a closed position.

Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature.

RAY S. SMITH.

seen that I have produced such a de- 

